Trousers.



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J. MARGOLIS.

v TROUSERS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1912,

1,092,374. Patented Apr. 7, 19M

WITNESSES: l/VI/E/VTOR I dlmxww Arm/MM COLUMBIA PLANouRAPHCO.,WASHINGTON, D. c.

1T rl STATES JACOB IVIABGOLIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. ".7, 1914.

Application filed June 21, 1912. Serial No. 704,960.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, J ACOB MARGOLIS, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inTrousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trousers which may be worn either with orwithout suspenders, and comprises more particularly novel means fortightening the trousers along the waist line without the employment ofobjectionable buckles, straps or similar adjusting devices, which wereheretofore generally employed. For the purpose of sustaining thetrousers when worn without suspenders,I provide them witha pair ofinclined slits which are located back-0f the side seams and fix the twoflaps formed by each slit in a slightly overlapping position by sewingsaid flaps together in proximity to the bottom of the slit, whileleaving the upper portions of the flap free. These upper flap portionswhich are thus held in permanent juxtaposition may be drawn over oneanother to a variable extent and may be fixed at the position selectedby means of adj ustable fastening means carried by the flaps, wherebythe waist measure may be reduced to the point required. This is incontradistinction to overalls and similar garments heretofore known andin which upon a partial opening of the side seams, the nether garmentswhich would thus become exposed, were covered up by separate anddistinct insert pieces.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 represents a side view of a pairof trousers embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a detail of the fasteningmeans proper, and Fig. 3 a detail of modification of the fasteningmeans.

The trousers 10 are cut wide at the hips and narrow at the waist. Oneach side of the trousers, there is formed at the rear of the side seaman oblique slit, which is inclined rearwardly from top to bottom. Thisslit passes through the waist band 11 and through a portion of thegarment below the waist band, terminating preferably slightly above thehip pocket 12. By means of the two slits formed as described, thetrouserstop is divided into a front section having in clined rear edgesand into a rear section having inclined front edges. At the lower end ofeach slit, the front section is made to slightly overlie the rearsection and is fixed in this juxtaposition by a seam 18 located a slightdistance above said lower end. In this way the rear ends of the fronttrouser section will be caused to permanently overlap the front ends ofthe rear trouser section as clearly illustrated in the drawing. Theseends which overlap more and more from the bottom toward the top andwhich may well be termed flaps, are at the waist band provided withmeans for adjustably connecting them with one another, such connectingmeans being thus located directly above the hip bones of the wearer.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the inner flap 14 on the rear trousersection is provided with a row of buttons 15, while the overlappingouter flap 16 of the front trouser section is provided with a row ofbutton holes 17 adapted to be engaged by the buttons 15. The row ofbutton holes 17 is set in a slanting direction to the row of buttons 15,so that when the button holes become engaged by the buttons, inner flap14 will be drawn down at its forward end to securely tighten the waistband over the hip. By changing the relative engagement between buttonholes and buttons, the degree of tightness of the trousers at the waistis readily adjustable, it being obvious that at the maxi mum expanse ofthe waist line only, all the button holes will become engaged by thebuttons.

By providing the rear trouser section with the inclined front edges, thefront flaps 16 may be made to swing more or less over the rear flaps 14:on the points 13 as centers, so that the proper adjustment of thegarment may be effected without throwing obj ectionable folds. Theinclined edges of the front flaps 16 result from-the corresponding shapeof the rear flaps, as the garment is here cut from a single piece ofmaterial.

With the construction illustrated in Fig. 3, but a single button hole 17is formed in the front flap 16, while the row of buttons 15 in the rearflap is retained. By this construction, the tightness of the trousersmay be adjusted by causing the engagement of the button hole with eitherone of the buttons.

It will be seen that by the construction described, the trousers may besecurely tightened over the hips to any extent desired, so that the useof shoulder straps, buckles, or other unsightly and uncomfortablesustaining means may be entirely dispensed with.

I claim:

Trousers provided with a slit extending through the Waist band and theupper part of the trousers and located at the rear of the side seam,thereby forming a front flap and a rear flap, said slit diverging fromsaid side seam from top to bottom, a flap-connecting seam located at thelower portion of the slit for securing the lower portion of the frontflap in a position to permanently overlap the lower portion of the rearflap to a fixed extent, and means comprising two series of 00- operatingengaging devices on said loose upper flap-portions for adjustablysecuring one of said portions to the other portion, one of said seriesof engaging devices being arranged in an inclined position to the otherseries.

JACOB MARGOLIS. Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIEsEN, KATHERYNE K0011.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

